Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared
Chapter 960: Female Sword Immortal

Chapter 960: Chapter 960: Female Sword Immortal

Charge, everyone, hurry to grab the best spots—a group of Martial Artists were rushing up the mountain, and now it all depended on their Qinggong.

Mo Yun had no problem at all; she floated up like a butterfly, easily surpassing the crowd.

Lord Xiong was even faster, darting through the crowd in a flash that left onlookers agape.

Only Gu Fan was disappointing; he desperately chased after them, struggling step by step to overtake most people while inwardly lamenting, "Lord Xiong, Mo Yun, how can you just ignore me like this? It’s too much, no sense of camaraderie at all."

Just as Gu Fan finally managed to take the lead, suddenly a slender figure appeared. She moved like a dragonfly skimming the water, leaping up and down through the crowd with great speed, and quickly caught up to Gu Fan from behind.

Gu Fan charged forward, not noticing the approach from behind, his eyes set on the destination, feeling euphoric.

At this crucial moment, the slender figure descended from above, her foot touching Gu Fan’s head, then using him as a stepping stone to leap high into the air and fly out ahead.

Caught off guard by this sudden move, Gu Fan lost his balance and fell. He had finally grabbed the lead only to lose it because of this fall, allowing many to surpass him.

Now, Gu Fan was furiously seething. He glared fiercely at the person who had caused his fall, only to see the slender figure land and turn back to give him a slight smile.

The woman was dressed as a valiant heroine, her face half-masked, preventing a view of her true features, but from her mouth and the nearly perfect contour of her face, she was unquestionably a beauty.

But no matter how beautiful you are, ruining Gu Fan’s moment had made him furious. Because of this delay, he had completely fallen behind.

The houses on the mountain that offered shelter from the rain were limited. Gu Fan, who ended up among the last, couldn’t squeeze in and had to borrow a conical hat, seeking refuge under a tree, left to the mercy of the wind and rain.

Another person taking shelter from the rain struck up a conversation with Gu Fan, "Are you here to join the excitement, or to vie for the position of Martial Arts leader?"

This was Gu Fan’s response, "It depends. If there are too many formidable experts, I know my own limits, and I won’t step up."

The person shook their head, "Don’t look at the situation anymore. This rain is the best proof. You didn’t rush to the front and didn’t grab a spot, which means you don’t have the strength to compete for the position of Martial Arts leader. You might as well just enjoy the excitement like me."

Hearing this, Gu Fan was not pleased, "I was at the front, okay? But then some woman suddenly jumped out, stepped on me, and held me up. Otherwise, I wouldn’t need to be standing here in the rain." He then described the woman who had caused his troubles.

After listening, the person next to him could not help but exclaim, "Friend, based on your description, that woman is very likely the recent rising expert in the Martial Arts, known as the Female Sword Immortal. It seems she’s challenging the revered Jian Shen."

Gu Fan was surprised after hearing this, "No way, Jian Shen’s whereabouts are still unknown. How could there be a Female Sword Immortal popping up to make trouble for him?"

Suddenly, Gu Fan recalled that after his fall, the Female Sword Immortal had turned back and looked at him with disdain in her eyes. Just thinking about it made Gu Fan infuriated—it was an outright insult to his dignity.

The bystander kindly advised, "Friend, it looks like you’re out for revenge, but let me tell you, these high-level martial arts masters that pop up out of nowhere usually have very strong backing. It’s best not to provoke them."

Having heard this, Gu Fan felt it made a lot of sense. High-level martial arts masters were typically nurtured by major sects with famous teachers, who placed great hopes on these disciples to bring honor to their sects. Picking a fight with one would be crossing a whole sect.

Following the principle that less is more and real men don’t squabble with women, Gu Fan finally managed to suppress his anger.

"Forget it, forget it, I’m not that petty," said Gu Fan, no sooner had he finished speaking than someone patted his shoulder hard, "That’s the spirit! A great man can bend and stretch. It’s good that you’ve thought it through."

"Thank you for enlightening me," Gu Fan said and then looked up at the sky, observing that it seemed the rain would last for quite a while. Suddenly, Gu Fan remembered something, "Friends who are sheltering from the rain with me, have any of you seen Jian Shen?"

Everyone around shook their heads. Such big personalities were bound to attract attention when they appeared.

"Is that so, he hasn’t come," Gu Fan felt somewhat disappointed. One of his plans was to encounter Jian Shen at the Martial Arts Competition, and then find Lin Xi, but if Jian Shen didn’t show up, then it was time for plan B. Gu Fan would use the Martial Arts Competition to make a name for himself, so Lin Xi would know Gu Fan had arrived and look for him.

However, Gu Fan was acutely aware that the chances of executing this second plan were slim; a third-rate master had never made a name for themselves in a Martial Arts Competition before.

While Gu Fan was fretting, he overheard people around him discussing how incredible Jian Shen and Qian Ye were, which only increased his irritation: how had things turned out this way?

At that moment, two more people noticed the large trees and available space here and rushed over to take shelter from the rain.

"Excuse us, everyone, please make some room," the two men squeezed in. There was enough space so it wasn’t too crowded, and no one minded.

One of them couldn’t help but say, "Oh my god, this rain just started out of nowhere; it’s really not giving the Martial Arts Competition any face."

The other complained, "It’s all because of your doomsayer’s talk about it raining, and how if the Martial Arts Competition continued, it would rain for sure; and look, it really did rain."

"How can you blame me? I just said it in passing; I can’t control the weather."

"But before that, you said it would be awkward if we ran into our sect mates at the Martial Arts Competition, and guess what, we did run into your sect mates, almost got into a fight, and I got dragged so far off track that now we’re just finding a place to avoid the rain."

"Oh, come on, that doesn’t count. It was highly probable that my sect mates would come to the Martial Arts Competition and that I would run into them. That can’t be blamed on me being a doomsayer."

"Nonsense, we were doing just fine until you opened your mouth, and then we ran into them. How do you explain your doomsayer’s curse being so effective?"

Listening to the two men’s back-and-forth, Gu Fan realized that one of them seemed to be a doomsayer just like Lu Yi, causing trouble without meaning to.

Gu Fan didn’t know that these two men were none other than Lu Bei and Jin Yi. They had been ordered by Jian Shen to join the Martial Arts Competition to test Jin Yi’s martial arts progress and, if possible, prevent any ill-intentioned individual from being elected as the leader of the martial arts alliance. After all, to combat the second wave of vampires, a competent martial arts alliance leader was needed.